1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-7881-1

USN-7881-1: OpenJDK 8 vulnerabilities

Publication date

24 November 2025

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in OpenJDK 8.

Releases

Packages

  • openjdk-8 - Open Source Java implementation

Details

Jinfeng Guo discovered that the Security component of OpenJDK 8 did not
correctly handle certain representations of encoded strings. An
unauthenticated remote attacker could possibly use this issue to modify
files or leak sensitive information. (CVE-2025-53057)

Darius Bohni discovered that the JAXP component of OpenJDK 8 was
vulnerable to a XML External Entity (XEE) attack. An unauthenticated
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to modify files or leak
sensitive information. (CVE-2025-53066)

In addition to security fixes, the updated packages contain bug fixes, new
features, and possibly incompatible changes.

Please see the following for more information:
https://openjdk.org/groups/vulnerability/advisories/2025-10-21

Jinfeng Guo discovered that the Security component of OpenJDK 8 did not
correctly handle certain representations of encoded strings. An
unauthenticated remote attacker could possibly use this issue to modify
files or leak sensitive information. (CVE-2025-53057)

Darius Bohni discovered that the JAXP component of OpenJDK 8 was
vulnerable to a XML External Entity (XEE) attack. An unauthenticated
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to modify files or leak
sensitive information. (CVE-2025-53066)

In addition to security fixes, the updated packages contain bug fixes, new
features, and possibly incompatible changes.

Please see the following for more information:
https://openjdk.org/groups/vulnerability/advisories/2025-10-21

Update instructions

This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug fixes. After a standard system update you need to restart Java applications to make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
25.10 questing openjdk-8-jdk –  8u472-ga-1~25.10
openjdk-8-jdk-headless –  8u472-ga-1~25.10
openjdk-8-jre –  8u472-ga-1~25.10
openjdk-8-jre-headless –  8u472-ga-1~25.10
openjdk-8-jre-zero –  8u472-ga-1~25.10
25.04 plucky openjdk-8-jdk –  8u472-ga-1~25.04
openjdk-8-jdk-headless –  8u472-ga-1~25.04
openjdk-8-jre –  8u472-ga-1~25.04
openjdk-8-jre-headless –  8u472-ga-1~25.04
openjdk-8-jre-zero –  8u472-ga-1~25.04
24.04 LTS noble openjdk-8-jdk –  8u472-ga-1~24.04
openjdk-8-jdk-headless –  8u472-ga-1~24.04
openjdk-8-jre –  8u472-ga-1~24.04
openjdk-8-jre-headless –  8u472-ga-1~24.04
openjdk-8-jre-zero –  8u472-ga-1~24.04
22.04 LTS jammy openjdk-8-jdk –  8u472-ga-1~22.04
openjdk-8-jdk-headless –  8u472-ga-1~22.04
openjdk-8-jre –  8u472-ga-1~22.04
openjdk-8-jre-headless –  8u472-ga-1~22.04
openjdk-8-jre-zero –  8u472-ga-1~22.04
20.04 LTS focal openjdk-8-jdk –  8u472-ga-1~20.04  
openjdk-8-jdk-headless –  8u472-ga-1~20.04  
openjdk-8-jre –  8u472-ga-1~20.04  
openjdk-8-jre-headless –  8u472-ga-1~20.04  
openjdk-8-jre-zero –  8u472-ga-1~20.04  
18.04 LTS bionic openjdk-8-jdk –  8u472-ga-1~18.04  
openjdk-8-jdk-headless –  8u472-ga-1~18.04  
openjdk-8-jre –  8u472-ga-1~18.04  
openjdk-8-jre-headless –  8u472-ga-1~18.04  
openjdk-8-jre-zero –  8u472-ga-1~18.04  
16.04 LTS xenial openjdk-8-jdk –  8u472-ga-1~16.04  
openjdk-8-jdk-headless –  8u472-ga-1~16.04  
openjdk-8-jre –  8u472-ga-1~16.04  
openjdk-8-jre-headless –  8u472-ga-1~16.04  
openjdk-8-jre-jamvm –  8u472-ga-1~16.04  
openjdk-8-jre-zero –  8u472-ga-1~16.04  

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